Ornament for christmas trees



F. LANGFELDER.

ORNAMENT FOR CHRISTMAS TREES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.27. 1919.

1,329,615. Patented Feb. 3,19%.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK LANGFELDER, on NEW YORK, n. Y., nssrenon TO MORIMURA BRos, on

NEW YGRK, n. Y., A FIRM.

ORNAMEN T FOR 0 Application filed August 27, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK LAnsrnLunn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornaments for Christmas Trees, of which the following is a specifica tion.

lrly invention relates to ornaments for decorating Christmas trees. The object of my invention is to provide an ornamental decoration for Christmas trees consisting of various ornamental elements such as glass beads, bugles, or lass balls, held together by a semi-rigid frame composed of wires or the like on which the beads, bugles or balls are strung, the frame having a tubular member at one end which is adapted to be placed over a branch or stem of the tree to which the ornament is attached. The ad vantage of the present device is that it has a semi-rigid frame and also has the tube for ready attachment to the tree and the construction is simple and inexpensive.

In the drawing forming part of this plication,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the tube and the method of attaching the frame to the tube, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the method of securing together some of the frame wires and of anchoring the ends thereof.

The present device is adapted to be niodified to provide any suitable designs and therefore the design shown herein illustrates only one of many shapes which the device ma take. The tube 1 is the member-which is adapted to he slipped over the end of a branch 2 of a Christmas tree or other support on which the ornament is attached. lVhere ornaments of this charactor are to be used as a top ornament for Christmas tree it is customary to place the tube 1 over the topmost branch of the tree, and the tube forms a suiiiciently long bearing to hold the ornament in an upright position.

The frame and the decorative elements are mounted in a very simple manner on the tube 1. The frame shown herein composed of wires on which the ornamental elements are strung and the wires are se Specification of Letters Patent.

HRISTMAS TREES.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

Serial No. 320,186.

cured or tied together to provide a semirigid frame; that is, a frame which will stand u 'oright in its original shape but which will not break it slightly bent, as would ornaments consisting of a single body of glass.

I have shown a wire 3 passing through apertures a in opposite sides of the tube 1 near the top of the latter, so that at 5 the wire passes across the bore of the tube. in the drawing I have shown this wire bent in the shape of a diamond with the four sides 6, 7, 8, 9. There are shown long beads or bugles 10 strung on this wire, one for each side of the diamond figure, and the two bottom beads or bugles abut against the sides of the tube 1 where they are held by the wire 3 and they serve to support a portion of the ornamental structure on the tube. I have shown the opposite ends of the wire 3 passing each other inside the bugle 10 and one end 11 is turned over one end of the bugle to secure it, and the opposite end 12 turned over the opposite end of the bugle 10 and in this manner the wire 3 is secured in place.

1 have shown a cross wire 13 passing from one point to the opposite one of the diamond and the ends 14 are twisted together to lock the wire 13 to the wire 3 as shown in Fig. 3. The wire 13 has strung on it a series of glass balls 15 which latter may be made of one piece of glass, as shown, or they may be individual balls or beads. I have shown an upright wire 16 which loops around the part 5 of the wire 3 inside the tube 1 and it passes to the top point of the diamond, its strands straddling the wire 13 and the wire 3 at the top and the ends above this have balls or beads 17 strung on it and above the top one, the ends 18 of the wire are bent over to lock on the top element 17. This wire 16, doubled upon itself, may be inserted through the tube 1 from the bottom so that it straddles the wire 5 at its looped end and thus the wire 3 forms a connecting means for anchoring the ire 16. The wire 16 has a series of ornamental balls 01' beads 20 strung thereon and when the frame is assembled the bottom ball 20 seats in the open top of the tube 1, and the other beads or balls 20 on. the wire 16 above press down on. the lower ball. This provides a semirigid post, secured at the bottom to the tube 1 and adapted to be slightly bent without disjointing the frame from the tube 1. The frame will also stand upright when the tube 1 is attached to the tree 2, as shown in Fig. 3. I have shown a Wire 21 having beads 22 strung on it and connected With the various cross Wires 13, 16 to form an interior diamond figure.

It Will be understood that the design is subject to almost endless modifications. The feature of my invention resides in providing a semi-rigid frame with a supporting tube and in the method of attaching the frame to the tube. The method of attaching the frame to the tube is very inexpensive and it permits the assembling of the parts in the least possible time.

lzwing described. my invention, What i claim is:

1. An ornamental device for the purpose set forth, comprising a Wire or the like and a series of beads, balls or other ornamental elements strung thereon and forming a semirigid frame, and a tubular member connected with said frame whereby the tubular memher may be placed over a support to hold said frame in position.

2. An ornamental device for the purpose set forth, comprising a Wire having ornamental elements strung thereon, a supporting tube for attachment over a tree branch or the like, said Wire passing through and across said tube whereby the said ornamental elements will rest against the side of said tube, an upright Wire looped around said first wire inside said tube, and a plurality of ornamental elements strung on said second Wire, the lowermost of said latter elements seating in the open end of said tube, and aid Wires and ornamental elements forming a semi-rigid frame supported upon said tube. 1

Signed at the city, county, and State of New York, this 7th day of Aug, 1919.

FREDERICK LANGFELD It. 

